Political scientists on the functions of personal pronouns in their writing: An interview-based study of 'I' and 'we'

Text and Talk

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-54

  Harwood, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Discourse analysis; Interview based research; Personal pronouns; Persuasion; Political science

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247401348     PISSN: 18607330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TEXT.2007.002     Document Type: Review

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